Leaving Academia After Phd Reddit. 3. After my PhD I still thought if I leave now for a career I'm
3. After my PhD I still thought if I leave now for a career I'm glad you're ok and that there is a life outside of academia. After leaving academia, many PhDs work in research & development (R&D), management consulting, data science, government & Math PhDs do have a number of opportunities if they (willingly or not) leave academia after receiving their doctorate. It took about a week to deal with the academic forms and administrative stuff to leave the PhD Or maybe it is because the average age is so much higher (28-31 depending on the discipline to start your PhD). but how Voting for this. If you completely changed gears after leaving academia, what are you doing, how was the transition, and what are the drawbacks to your decision? I’m really interested in those who left right after their Does this burn bridges and do I have to care if I move into industry? - How "early" did you leave (after PhD, postdoc etc. I'm on a well-deserved break now, starting a new In this guest blog, our writer describes the process of leaving a PhD programme, having been told by their supervisor that failure was inevitable. So, I am just curious if this is a real thing or more of an online phenomenon -- do people We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. This subreddit is for discussing academic life, and for asking questions directed towards people involved in academia, (both science and humanities). )? - What was the biggest change for you from academia to industry? - How did I completely support and endorse leaving academia. Despite trying different roles, I eventually returned to academia and now hold a permanent faculty position. If you do go down this path, though, you really should learn how to code, lest it What made you want to do Quant Research? Also, did you do your PhD after Bachelor's or Master's or decided to work and then go back to finish it full-time? What was your day to day schedule with the I stopped doing research after getting my PhD and started working in academic publishing, first as a copyeditor, and then slowly mutated into a developer. . After finishing my PhD in March 22, I left academia in March 23 (grant project completed). 2. There's a lot to complain about in academia, but I think there's a lot of nonsense in the private sector, too. I don't have a passion for academia, but I'm not 100% sure what I want to do after. I then got a job as a developer working on But the actual process was less logical. I left academia. I basically only studied because I thought otherwise I would have wasted my time by getting my last degree. If I had known already during my PhD that I don't want to do the academia route, it would've been awesome (I enjoyed my PhD a lot, but made some stupid choices during it, due to For those who left academia after your postdoc what was the process like? Right now my postdoc is ending with no academic job prospects and I can’t face the idea of doing another postdoc. After completing my PhD, I explored various career paths, including a policy role in government. ) Pay was lousy, hours were worse, no permanent contracts. The tweet went viral. I’ve Why I wanted to leave academia: 1. At that time I had a lectureship at a good university but I was deeply unhappy with the job and restless. Hey guys! I am super curious about why you will leave or why did you leave academia? If you left academia in the past, what I left academia about three years after completing my PhD. I interviewed for several coveted positions in I was legitimately looking at Physician Assistant programs at my local community college (I used to work in medicine but left to pursue a PhD), but I know that this is probably just as hard a How many of you all regret getting a PhD at all and wish you just worked in industry with a bachelors and climbed the ranks with industry experience? Currently deciding what is the better route. 99 votes, 117 comments. I've got <2 years left in my PhD. I've worked private sector jobs and found them to be as dysfunctional as academia, but found it So, on January 24, 2022, I posted on Twitter that I was leaving academia. It may not be apparent on this site, but if you are struggling with a desire to get out of academia, I support you, and will help you with Week 1 after leaving: forms, forms, forms, phone calls, emails. My journey hasn’t been without some measurable success. I know people in my field go into data science, government, UX, consulting, etc. ) I didn't and still don't want to be a PI, so the Academia has really made me feel demoralised and worthless, especially when people have asked me what I'm doing with my humanities PhD if not staying in academia. ) My PhD experience was horrific and I wanted out. Thousands of people began following me – I So, even if you leave your original PhD discipline – or ‘leave academia’ entirely – contributing to the research, scholarship, and teaching/ If you completely changed gears after leaving academia, what are you doing, how was the transition, and what are the drawbacks to your decision? I’m really interested in those who left right after their But leaving full-time academia turned out to be much harder than I expected.
